Gift from a ‘steadfast friend’ to fund three professorships at the School of Medicine

Richard
S.
Sackler,
M.D.,
is
no
stranger
to
the
School
of
Medicine.
A
member
of
the
Dean’s
Council
and
the
Yale
Cancer
Center
(YCC)
Director’s
Advisory
Board,
Sackler
also
has
a
robust
track
record
of
philanthropy,
which
has
shaped
the
School
of
Medicine
in
tangible
ways.In
2009,
Sackler,
along
with
his
wife,
Beth,
and
his
brother
and
sister-in-law,
Jonathan
Sackler
and
Mary
Corson,
joined
forces
to
donate
$3
million
to
establish
the
Richard
Sackler
and
Jonathan
Sackler
Professorship
in...

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January 31 A 25th Anniversary Symposium was held to mark the Department of Immunobiology’s silver anniversary, drawing former department affiliates back to the medical campus. (From left) Department alumni Tim Zheng, Ph.D., Eric S. Hoffman, Ph.D., and Naveen Bangia, Ph.D.

January 31 A 25th Anniversary Symposium was held to mark the Department of Immunobiology’s silver anniversary, drawing former department affiliates back to the medical campus. (From left) Ruslan M. Medzhitov, Ph.D., the David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology; Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D., professor of immunobiology and of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology; and Richard A. Flavell, Ph.D., chair and Sterling Professor of Immunobiology.

February 10 The 2014 David J. Leffell Prize for Clinical Excellence was awarded to Leo M. Cooney Jr., M.D., Humana Professor of Medicine (center). The annual prize was established in 2008 by a gift from David J. Leffell, M.D., the David Paige Smith Professor of Dermatology and professor of surgery (right), and his wife, Cindy, to recognize a faculty member who best exemplifies clinical expertise, a commitment to teaching, and the highest standards of care and compassion for patients. Pictured with Cooney and Leffell is Dean and Ensign Professor of Medicine Robert J. Alpern, M.D.

February 21 At this year’s Second Year Show, “The Greatest Second Year Show Ever?”, the Class of 2016 carried on a 65-year tradition, poking fun at the medical school’s faculty and administration. Jacob Weatherly ’16 as August H. Fortin VI, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of medicine, with (back, from left) Ezra Baraban ’16, Jason Sandler ’16, James Smithy’16, and Hannah Dzimitrowicz ’16, in one of the dance numbers.

February 21 At this year’s Second Year Show, “The Greatest Second Year Show Ever?”, the Class of 2016 carried on a 65-year tradition, poking fun at the medical school’s faculty and administration. Mary Barden’16 plays Nancy R. Angoff, M.P.H., M.D., M.Ed., associate professor of medicine and associate dean for student affairs.

February 21 At this year’s Second Year Show, “The Greatest Second Year Show Ever?”, the Class of 2016 carried on a 65-year tradition, poking fun at the medical school’s faculty and administration. Fritz Stabenau ’16 as “The Elder.”

March 21 Each spring, fourth-year students at medical schools across the country eagerly await Match Day, when students receive word of acceptance in residency training programs. 1. (From left) Amy Moreno, Charisse Mandimika, and Maria Beth Koenigs.

March 21 Each spring, fourth-year students at medical schools across the country eagerly await Match Day, when students receive word of acceptance in residency training programs. (From left) Alexander Arzeno and Joseph Thomas Patterson.

March 21 Each spring, fourth-year students at medical schools across the country eagerly await Match Day, when students receive word of acceptance in residency training programs. (From left) Ryan Aronberg, Katherine Davis, Lauren Hibler Carlos, and Carlos’ husband, Jonathan Carlos.

April 26 A Neuroscience Symposium was organized by the Department of Psychiatry at the Mary S. Harkness Auditorium. Pictured are (from left) Tyrone Cannon, Ph.D., professor of psychology; Patricia Rehmer, M.S.N., commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services; Elyn R. Saks, J.D., Ph.D., Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at University of Southern California, Gould School of Law; Marisa Walls, president of the Board of Directors, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Connecticut Chapter; Joan Kaufman, Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry and in the Child Study Center; Morris D. Bell, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry; John H. Krystal, M.D., the Robert L. McNeil Jr. Professor of Translational Research, chair of psychiatry, and professor of neurobiology; Judson A. Brewer, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor (adjunct) of psychiatry.

April 27 Students and faculty and flexed their muscle at the Student/Faculty Tennis Classic, held at Yale’s Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center. This spring, 53 people participated in the tournament, which consisted of three rounds of one-set matches. Following the tournament, Dean and Ensign Professor of Medicine Robert J. Alpern, M.D., hosted a dinner for the event’s participants.